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Articles tagged with the name “Al Thompson” – an actor who appeared in several of the Three Stooges short comedy films

Back from the Front (1943) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard)

Back from the Front

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Back from the Front (1943) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard)

Synopsis of Back from the Front

Back from the Front is a patriotic Three Stooges short film, set during World War II. After merchant mariners Moe, Larry and Curly mistake a torpedo for a whale and accidentally cause it to explode, they find themselves cast away at sea in a lifeboat… Until they board a Nazi warship and make an even bigger mistake.

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I Can Hardly Wait (1943) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard)

I Can Hardly Wait

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I Can Hardly Wait (1943) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard)

Synopsis of I Can Hardly Wait

In I Can Hardly Wait, after making a meal with rationed food during World War II, Curly breaks a tooth. The bulk of the short deals with Moe trying to pull the broken tooth in a dream sequence.

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Curly, Larry, and Moe in their outdoor 'home'

G.I. Wanna Home

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G.I. Wanna Home (1946) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard)

G.I. Wanna Home: When Moe, Larry, and Curly are discharged, they go from bunkers to bunk beds upon learning that they now have no home and there are no vacancies to be had anywhere. With their fiancees, they move into a vacant lot and make the most of it, until a farmer forces them to move on.

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Curly and Moe in Dr. D. Lerious' (Vernon Dent's) office

From Nurse to Worse

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From Nurse to Worse (1940) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent

In From Nurse to Worse, the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard) are inept painters who run into their old friend Jerry, an insurance salesman (Lynton Brent). Jerry entices them to engage in insurance fraud — he promises them that if they take out a policy on Curly, proving that he has gone insane, they can collect $500 a month.

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Three Stooges short film Blunder Boys (1955) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard

Blunder Boys

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Three Stooges short film Blunder Boys (1955) starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard

Synopsis of Blunder Boys

In a parody of then then-popular Dragnet series, Moe, Larry and Shemp play the role of inept detectives, who after serving in the war go to college where they are inept students studying criminology, and after graduating (with the lowest possible honors) they try to earn their positions on the police force by capturing “The Eel” – ”but he’s too slippery!

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